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New Zealand
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Two dead, three injured after Waikato car crash
15 Oct 2025The collision happened near Tirau, near the intersection of SH1 and Horahora Road.
Parole Board apology: Texting truckie Sarah Schmidt, who killed Caleb Baker, released before eligible date
Operation Nest Egg making Ōkārito Forest safe breeding ground for rowi kiwi
Pacific
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Pacific voices urge experts to 'decolonise' climate adaptation
The call has been made as hundreds of scientists, global leaders, and climate adaptation experts around the globe gather at the Adaptation Futures Conference in Christchurch.
Teachers' union proposes 'leather belt' discipline, Fiji government emphasises child rights
Cook Islands: Manihiki Plateau claim adds 350,000 sq km of seabed rights
Sport
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SVG enjoying being himself on NASCAR circuit
3 minutes agoNew Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen could hardly have asked for a better NASCAR championship rookie season.
Ahmedabad, India recommended to host 2030 Commonwealth Games
Netball: Grace Nweke opens up on sidelining of Dame Noeline Taurua
Politics
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'Towering figure': Jim Bolger remembered
1 minute agoChristopher Luxon and Winston Peters are leading tributes after the former PM's death.
Gisborne youth accused of threatening to kill MP appears in court
Winston Peters accuses Broadcasting Standards Authority of 'Soviet era stasi' censorship
World
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Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia
15 Oct 2025Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country's highest court ruled against her.
US State Department revokes visas from people who allegedly ‘celebrated’ Charlie Kirk’s murder
Instagram will now be PG-13 for teens with Meta’s latest update
Comment & Analysis
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Polls and trolls: Is violent online abuse turning women away
15 Oct 2025Tory Whanau's candid speech on the relentless online abuse she faced as Wellington mayor would not been reassuring for candidates waiting for local election results.
Should Donald Trump be thanked for the Gaza ceasefire and hostage releases?
Europe worries it’s already at war - and America hasn’t noticed
Local Democracy Reporting
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Whanganui elects first Māori ward councillors as voters signal support for seats
15 Oct 2025Whanganui's first Māori ward councillors say their election marks both a milestone for local democracy and a call to strengthen Māori participation in local government.
What’s next for Masterton town hall site?
Whakatāne votes for Nandor Tanczos's ‘nice-to-have' approach
In Depth
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'Completely incoherent': Experts condemn government's weaker methane target
13 Oct 2025After cutting methane targets, New Zealand has a choice: shoulder the burden at huge cost - or cause more warming to the planet.
Inside the Silver Ferns camp as coaching controversy continues to echo
Outsourcing easy cases to private sector risks two-tier health system, doctors warn
Te Ao Māori
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Kapa-Kingi has 'no regrets' about turning on Te Pāti Māori
15 Oct 2025The prominent activist says he knew he would be "dragged through the mud".
Brownlee plans crackdown on Parliament's standards after Oriini Kaipara maiden speech, haka
Te Pāti Māori email: 'Not clear how many Māori Parties there are' - Labour leader
Business
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Viagogo makes 'a 180-degree U-turn' on position, claims Commerce Commission
15 Oct 2025The global ticket reseller says it has not made a concession, as the Commerce Commission suggests.
Global rating agency reaffirms NZ high level credit rating
Reserve Bank chief economist Paul Conway defends money-printing during Covid pandemic
Country
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Why Watties is turning away NZ tomatoes, corn and beetroot
15 Oct 2025Wattie's New Zealand is further reducing local fruit and vegetable crops, citing an ongoing struggle against cheaper imports.
First calves of new dairy-beef crossbreed raised in Taupō
Farmers welcome government's drop in methane targets
Environment
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DOC launches new cadet programme: 'It's about making a real difference'
15 Oct 2025"It's not just your fitness, it's the resilience", says DOC as it launches a new cadet programme. Audio
Our Changing World: What happened when the pūteketeke’s fame faded?
New Zealand's resilience to climate change the focus of new $12m research programme
Media & Technology
Identity
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How did we become known as 'Kiwis'?
16 Oct 2024How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio
Turning Palmerston North into the 'capital of drag' in Aotearoa
X-plainer: Who are Generation X?
IndoNZ
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'Living in fear': Teen overstayer in limbo having never attended school
1 minute agoA New Zealand-born overstayer faces deportation to India - a country he has never set foot in - after failing to secure residency.
Auckland’s Diwali Festival dazzles with diverse offerings
Immigration asked asylum-seeker to 'reconsider his position on telling the truth'